end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
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and Committee meetings suspended until after the
Epidemic Preparedness (COVID-19) Notice 2020 expires.
The Policy and Planning Committee minutes of Tuesday 4 February 2020 were therefore,
confirmed at the Whole of Committee Ordinary meeting on Tuesday 7 April.
Agenda items from the cancelled meeting of Tuesday 17 February 2020 were either
received by the Ordinary Committee on Tuesday 7 April or Tuesday 19 May 2020 or
were held over for the return of the usual meetings and committee …
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2019-2020 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present
held by the companies in the Lower Waiwhakaiho area;
• the nature of the monitoring programme in place for the period under review; and
• a description of the activities and operations conducted in the Companies’ site/catchment.
Each company’s activity is then discussed in a separate section (Sections 2 to 7).
In the subsections for each company (e.g. Section 2.1) there is a general description of the industrial activity
and its discharges, an aerial photograph or map showing the
8.3 Disturbance, deposition and extraction .................................................................89
8.4 Reclamation or drainage ..............................................................................................97
8.5 Taking or use .....................................................................................................................99
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8.6 General standards
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8.3 Disturbance, deposition and extraction .................................................................91
8.4 Reclamation or drainage ..............................................................................................98
8.5 Taking or use .................................................................................................................. 100
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(seafood), tauranga waka or awa waka
(boat channels, tauranga ika (fishing grounds) and mouri kohatu (stone imbued with spiritual significance). The importance of these areas and iwi’s role as kaitiaki (guardians) to protect
these areas and their associated values is as important to present day whanau (family) as it was to their tupuna (ancestors).
The cultural and spiritual importance of the coastline and the marine area continues to be embodied in waiata (song), pepeha (sayings) and
ensuring that the natural coastal environment remains capable of supporting marine life,
retains its natural character and is able to meet the needs of future generations.
Many activities take place in the coastal marine area of Taranaki. These range from
major ventures such as petroleum exploration, and the continuing development of Port
Taranaki, to simple activities such as swimming, walking along the foreshore or children
building sand castles against the incoming tide. The Taranaki coastline
Expiry Date: 01 Dec 2024
319 Bayly Road, RD 37, New Plymouth 4381 Review Dates: Jun 2021, Jun 2023
Activity Class: Discretionary
Location: 319 Bayly Road, Warea Application Purpose: Replace
To discharge farm dairy effluent after treatment in an oxidation pond system and
constructed drain, into Unnamed Stream 49
Rohe:
Taranaki (Statutory Acknowledgement)
Engagement or consultation:
Te Kahui o Taranaki Trust Provided with application …
(the Council) adopted a water management plan for the river in September 1991.
During the 2018-2019 monitoring period a total of 21 consents were held by the 14 industries monitored
under this programme that discharge wastewater, stormwater and/or leachate from the industrial area at
Fitzroy, New Plymouth to the lower Waiwhakaiho River and Mangaone Stream, or to land in the lower
Waiwhakaiho and Mangaone Stream catchments. The activities and impacts of the consent holders upon
water quality